Mirror and supporting arrangement



Nov. 16', 1943. c. K. CRAWFORD MIRROR AND SUPPORTING ARRANGEMENT FiledJune 13, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ngv. 16, 1943. c. K. CRAWFORD MIRROR ANDSUPPORTING ARRANGEMENT Fil ed June 13, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fzverzr"CkczrZesffCmwford. Jada, 27m

' This invention 'relates 'to' afmirror an l s y t V. v ,i I

, One feat m of this invention is --th'a't improrvides an improved:personalmirror; another'fature of this invention isthat,by'theicombination of a-supporting .or base element of a particular r uporting arrangement therefor, and more particularly to a-s'mallmirrorfor'personal use with'a supporting arrangement adapted to supportit in usable position' in any of a 'of 'diiler'ent' t pe and movable;supporting ,meansof. substantial length, the mirror ,mayjbe supported ina desired position for use under almostranycon- .cew b e tuaii andina--,I 1umber =of; diif erent ways yet, another reature, of i this;invention; is that ;the;par s are son-arr ged "that .they..may

or semc'iem meson between tn lDZ 'tSofIjthe upporting arrangement tor'naain'the'in in any relative p'ositionto" which they may bemoved; but

not so much as to cause "binding and prevent ready movement of the partswithrespect to each other another featureof this invention is that it;provides alight compact persor'ial mirror and supporting apparatustherefor particularly designed for .the soldier;.camper, orith like;other features and advantages of this invention will' be I who" hasbeenshaving with a mirror hung around apparent from the followingspecification and the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the mirror and supportingarrangement; Figure 2 is'a front elevational view of the apparatu shownin Figure 1; Figure 3 is an exploded detail view of one of the jointsbetween the supporting members; Figure 4 is a view of the parts shown inFigure 3, but in operative relation; Figurefi is an illustrative view ofone use of my apparatus; Figure 6 is a plan view of the apparatuswith'all of its parts compactly associated; and Figure 7 is a side viewof the apparatus as shown in Figure 6.

There are many conditions under which it. is

desirable to supporta small personal mirror under circumstances wherethe ordinary mirror could not be properly and readily supported inusable position, without the use of the hands. A 7 man making his toiletinrhis own home has a wall mirror before whichdhe can shave, comb hishair, and the like, or plenty of hooks or shelves to support a personalmirror; When a man is in the barracks of an army camp, for example, inthe field, hunting or fishing, living in tents, trailers, 0r crowdedrooming houses,"

65 two loops, the ends of the wire being turned up at conditions areconsiderably different. To take f 2,ss4,e 1'o";, mfronrinG ARRANGEME 'rCrawf rd C ica lula i t e I v 1i l iaM e G ew qri v; V ion llh'i3, 194 1'Seria l-No; 397,369

thesituation in anarmy campbarracks as illusitr'ative, :hooks or'shelves within the barracks wherea mirror might'b placed arefrequentlyindark places, and'theremay be a dozen men 5 desiring to-i-makethirtoilet for each such place.

Under these condition's'it 'is dsifableto have a mirror and-supportingarrangement enabling the F'm i'rro'r toi be supportedin'usablepositionupon thQ iiGISO Tl of the-user hirnselffovertheedgeoflof'aadoerffrom the branch of'a tree, or; a'rock,-or

'any of a number of other places; 1 'andeI have "provided a-rnirror ndsupporting-arrangement "adapted forthisn p I Heretofore the only r'niiror 'and's'upporting ar- 5 rangemnt not specifically designedfor a-shelfor -wa'11- hook Wa's an arrangement wlrereby the mirror was held beforethe face by a 'hook'adapted to pass around the' neck of the'user. In'this previously known arrangement however, there wasno'alternative tothis particular form of use,

and -my arrangement provides an-- improvement ;-in that the mirror doesnot have'to be supported from 'the userif there is any other conceivableplace from which'i't'may be supported. A' sta- -tion'ary support;ofcourse, is more desirable und'er 'certain';circumstances; since "itenables the :user 1 tobring -adifierent part "of hi's body into viewinthe 'mirror merely: by moving his body, -a'nd without moving the mirror.That is, aman his neck has to readjust the mirror to comb his hair;whereas, if the same'mirror is hung over a tree branch or supported froma rock or stump,

he does not have to rearrange it, it being only necessary to drop hishead a little to see his hair,

Moreover, while my mirror is here being described illustratively inconnection with its use by men, it will be understood that it is alsohighly desirable under certain circumstances for a 40 woman. 7

In the particular embodiment of my invention illustrated herewith asmall, light circular mirror l0, made of stainless steel,chromium-plated metal, or the like, is provided with a bracket llpivotallyconnected' by the'riv'et l2 to a metal strip I3. This strip isin turn pivotally connected by the rivet I 4 to the metal strip l5, andthis in turn to the strip ll by the rivet 18. These metal strips providemovable supporting members for connecting the mirrorto abase orsupporting element I8. This supporting element is formed in one planeand has a continuous periphery, being preferably formed of a singlecontinuous piece of spring metal wire brought around in right angles andlooped in a very small circle to receive the rivet l9 pivotallyconnecting the member H to the base or supporting element l8. As may bebest understood from Figures 3 and 4, all of the joints between theparts are arranged with sufiicient friction to maintain their weight inany relative position to which the parts may be moved,ryet not so muchas to prevent ready manual movement thereof. In Figure 3 the parts-of'tltfloifit between the litiiipfihblfibis l5 and F! "areshown"'before"the is made, it being seen that a spring metal washer 20is interposed between the members I5 and I1. When all of these parts arebroi ight operative relation, as, shown in Figure 4, the curve in thespring metal viieislie r ill ls completely flattened out and the partsfs findq 1" are therefore under a frictionvt'leterrnincd by thespringiness of this washer. Attempts to maine tain a desiredpredetermined amount of friction in an -,ordinary .rivetedwor boltedsJoint fail .upon the slightest wear ofl tiherpa'rts, but b y inclusionof an arched springwasherof this-type su ilicient frictionmaybemaintainedth io hqut V H J M e '2& parts may be :easily seen dromthewdrawings.

the life of the apparatus withoutQthere even-being an undesinedontoogreatlamount.

Ino ;t at -Pms w f m s y s ;-seciated to enable them to begeadilyslipped into V *the pocket, paekedima knap fikq i pack or the V like,the, diameter of the; mirror is madeslightly --.smaller ;than=thatof-ythe ciroulargwire q p wf -the supportingbase I 8; the supportingmembers l3 and I! are madeof a lengthslightly less than thedia'meter ofthe mirror and (the-intermediate supporting gn ember 4551's made stillshorter, 41s maydaebest seen in-Figuresfi and Latins enables theparts tobe folded downf-with=-the mirror-lying within the wire loopsandthetsupporting members compactly-associated, I v

' :By making the intermediate member sho gter than the others'thByjOiHtS between the member s do not conflict with -the;bracketsonend joints, but -f0ld--. downin-a compactfmanner, as-may-ebe readilyseen-from the-drawings. 1 p v The provision of a supporting obflseielemflnt of two circular loops 'of wire:isvparticularly im-:portant. .=providesa:flat= basezenablingthe. mirror "to he-"supportedin anydesired mositiion from any-flat surface-ms illustrated inirFigures#1 and- 2, whether such surface -be' a=i shelf a' branch, a stump, oreven the ground. The fact that the base element is a loop enables it tobe looped or hung over a number of different things, not only a nail orhook in the wall, but also over a door knob, a light switch, a treebranch, or in fact practically any projecting object having a diameterless than that of the loop. Even where it may not be convenient to slipthe loop over something, the loop and supporting member I1 weyteremecmwarv aiid tlils-" \fl'hooked over some ivailable placef as the- 150p ofa='door or a very thick branch. In addition to enabling the Jr'nirror tobe supported from a stationary object I 7 -.under practically-anyconceivable conditions, the aautieioepnabiesit to be conveniently sup- 1the'sbddy of the user. As shown ilasso-stud in Figure 5, one of theloops may be slippe ito-the inside and the other to the outside a:thebelt or waistband of a mans trousers, the L za-supporting membershaving suflicient length to I enable thernir-rnr .tQ, be lplacedninzproper usable position, as shown. In .a preferredcexnbodiment I: ofir'nyinvention a mirror hasa diameter of about 1 ,fourl inches, so l that the relative if-the other While I have shown and describedcertaimembodiments aof mytinventiom it is to -be understood that:capahleof emany 'zmodifications. w-6hanges;-=therefore,= in thecon'struction and -.arrbng'ement mayzhemade-wtthoutidpa'rting from-triezspiritaandiscope of the mvem1on=asdisclosed eimtheappended olaim.

Iclaim""' I 8 f hpparatus of the charabtr iiesori-be'di includ- Ling:mmanmightanaem a lig-ht shppor ting -elefment comprising acoiitiniiousioiible lop-ofwire f imone' plane andalpluralityof'suppoitingmembersmovablyfbdnhectidtofachotherfthe supporting element, "and theniirror andenabling "a wide variety of relative-p sitions of the mirrorand'supporting' element," Whereby'the mirror may"blefsiipportediinmsablepositionin any of a numf b'er 'of Jdi'fierentways, the diametenof sup- 45} .porting lement beings'lightlyqgreaterT-than ethat @K ARLESQK. CRAWFQRD.

